The Puppet Show (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"**The Puppet Show**"
"The Puppet Show"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 9
Directed by	Ellen S. Pressman
Written by	Rob Des Hotel ; Dean Batali
Production code	4V09
Original air date	May 5, 1997
Guest appearances
	Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers; ; Richard Werner as Morgan Shay; Armin Shimerman as Principal Snyder; Burke Roberts as Marc; Tom Wyner as Sid the Dummy;
Episode chronology
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"The Puppet Show" is the ninth episode of season 1 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The episode aired on The WB on May 5, 1997. It was written by story editors Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali, and directed by Ellen S. Pressman.

Sunnydale High School's annual talent show serves as a backdrop for murder when Buffy must catch a knife-wielding stealer of human organs. Meanwhile, the new principal is a discipline-loving brute who forces Giles to run the talent show and orders Buffy, Xander, and Willow to perform.^[1]

^ ""The Mortuary." Buffy.com". Archived from the original on June 9, 2001. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

[1] ""The Mortuary." Buffy.com". Archived from the original on June 9, 2001. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

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